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Jul 6th 2016, 3:49 am

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SultanOfSwing

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Re: Phone Culture

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Originally Posted by Rete

I know that the comments weren't directly to me or to people in my medical situation but I did want to explain that there is a small percentage of the population that have a legitimate cause to use a speakerphone in public.

Yeah, no, the people using speakerphone in public around here are not hard of hearing, or anything else. Just narcissistic arseholes who love the sound of their own voices and have no sense of self awareness whatsoever.

In general though, people just need to go away.

Jul 6th 2016, 10:37 am

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Re: Phone Culture

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Originally Posted by Sheepdip

Perfect description! Everyone does it around here, even in the car!

I'm sad to say that today I saw someone doing it at work in the UK - first time I've seen it over here. At least they were walking through site rather than in an office but still.